Primetime Ratings, Friday January 20, 2012

The night proved successful for some and not so successful for others. The CW continues to struggle for ratings with any of their shows and there were a couple of season premieres of some favorites. With Blue Bloods taking most of the viewers at 8.4 Million, CSI: NY were right behind with 7.1 Million viewers. ABC was the night of premieres basically and brought in a fair number of viewers with What Would You Do and Shark Tank. The ratings for Friday January 20, 2012 are:

 

ABC

 

What Would You Do? (Premiere) (9:00 PM)…...................5.826m total viewers, 1.6m 18-49, 5% Share

Shark Tank (Premiere) (8:00 PM)……......................…………6.226m total viewers, 1.7m 18-49, 5% Share

20/20 (10:00 PM)……………………...........................………….7.199m total viewers, 1.8m 18-49, 5% Share

 

CBS

 

CSI:NY (9:00 PM)…………………………..........................…....7.101m total viewers, 1.1m 18-49, 3% Share

A Gifted Man (8:00 PM)…….......................………...…….……6.942m total viewers, 1.0m 18-49, 3% Share

Blue Bloods (10:00 PM)……………………...........................…8.482m total viewers, 1.3m 18-49, 4% Share

 

CW

Supernatural (9:00 PM)………………………........................0.910m total viewers, 0.3m 18-49, 1% Share

Remodeled (8:00 PM)…………........................………………0.776m total viewers, 0.3m 18-49, 1% Share

 

FOX

 

Fringe (9:00 PM)………………………......................……..….3.185m total viewers, 1.1m 18-49, 3% Share

Kitchen Nightmares (8:00 PM)……………...…..................3.881m total viewers, 1.5m 18-49, 5% Share

 

NBC

 

Grimm (9:00 PM)………………………......................…..……5.904m total viewers, 1.8m 18-49, 5% Share

Chuck  (8:00 PM)……………....................………………..….3.848m total viewers, 1.1m 18-49, 3% Share

Dateline NBC (10:00 PM)…………..……….....................…5.466m total viewers, 1.4m 18-49, 4% Share

 

That’s all for the night’s ratings. There are several things that we can take from these numbers. For one, the ratings are not as strong as other days. For many it is Date Night and there aren’t going to be a lot of “watching”. What do you think? Are the ratings up to what you have expected? Is there a show that needs better ratings?

Source: Nielsen Media